General practices vouchers offered in attempt to help Southland Hospital ED stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Another district health board, this time in the South Island, is offering patients vouchers to get them out of its emergency department and into GP clinics for free.
+Undoctored
Media release from WellSouth, Southern Health and the Southern DHB
Tuesday 15 December 2020, 10:58 AM
4 minutes to Read
Over 53,000 more patients in the Southern region are set to benefit from the Southern Health Care Home programme, as 10 new general practices sign on. They will join the 115,000 patients and 14 practices already in Health Care Home.
Aurora Health Centre in Dunedin and Central Medical Oamaru, along with the Invercargill practices Catherine Street Medical Centre, He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, and South City Medical Centre, started the programme in November. A further five practices – Dunedin North Medical Centre, Dunedin South Medical Centre, Dunedin Health Centre (formerly Caversham) Mosgiel Health Centre, and Fiordland Medical Practice – will begin in March.